Divorce Statistics

The following table illustrates the trends in divorce rates from 1988 to 2007.

Selected divorce indicators - Australia: Selected years - 1988-2007

1988

1998

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

Divorces granted

no.

41 007

51 370

53 145

52 747

52 399

51 375

47 963

Crude divorce rate(a)

2.5

2.7

2.7

2.6

2.6

2.5

2.3

Divorces involving children(b)

Proportion of all divorces

%

57.5

53.4

50.1

49.8

49.8

50.1

49.3

Average number of children per divorce(c)

no.

1.88

1.88

1.87

1.87

1.87

1.88

1.88

Median age at divorce

Males

years

37.6

40.5

42.6

43.0

43.5

43.9

44.2

Females

years

34.8

37.8

39.9

40.3

40.8

41.1

41.3

Median length of marriage

To separation

years

7.3

7.8

8.7

8.7

8.8

8.9

8.9

To divorce

years

10.1

11.2

12.2

12.3

12.6

12.5

12.5

Type of applicant(d)

Male

no.

15 280

16 004

17 229

16 365

16 020

15 171

13 216

Female

no.

21 015

25 380

22 870

21 614

21 398

20 574

18 571

Joint

no.

4 712

9 986

13 046

14 768

14 955

15 582

16 172

(a) Per 1,000 estimated resident population at 30 June. See Glossary and Explanatory Notes 26 and 31 for more information.

(b) Unmarried children of the marriage who were aged under 18 years at the time of application for divorce. See Glossary for more information.

(c) Excludes divorces not involving children.

(d) Excludes divorces where type of applicant is not stated.

DIVORCES GRANTED

The number of divorces granted in Australia have been decreasing each year since reaching a peak in 2001.

This trend continued in 2007 with 47,963 divorces granted in comparison to 51,375 in 2006, showing a decrease of 3,412 or 6.6% over this period. The number of divorces granted in 2007 was 9.8% lower than five years ago, but only 6.6% lower than 10 years ago due to a peak in the number of divorces granted in 2001.

Divorces granted: Australia - 1988-2007

Thank you to the Australian Bureau of Statistics for this information.

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